DepartmentAsia

Dance staff (temes)

NameStaff

Artist Artist not recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeMalampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumWood, boars tusks, bark cloth, clay, natural pigments

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.14

Object numberFA.1970.34.14

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionShort staff topped with a large head of dark brown with large boars tusks protruding from the sides of the mouth, wide round eyes with black eyeballs, a red nose and forehead.

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